Stephen Trigg
Stephen Trigg (* 1744; † August 19, 1782) was an American pioneer and soldier in the state of Virginia . Colonel Stephen Trigg was killed ten months after the Battle of Yorktown in one of the final battles of the American Revolutionary War. He led the militia of Lincoln County in present-day Kentucky, then still Virginia, in the Battle of Blue Licks on.
Stephen Trigg, the son of William and Mary Trigg, worked as a militia officer and officer in the early years of the border counties in Southwest Virginia and the areas that would later form Kentucky . He was one of the wealthiest men in the frontier at the time. He was a member of the first Virginia Congresses and a member of the Fincastle Security Committee, which drafted the Fincastle resolutions as a precursor to the American Declaration of Independence . He was also elected to the Virginia House of Representatives.
Stephen Trigg was assigned to the Virginia State Court Commission in 1779 with settlement claims on the Kentucky border. After completing his court duties, he settled in Kentucky and continued to work as a civil servant. When Native American tribes and British forces attacked Bryan's station in Kentucky in 1782 , various Kentucky militias united to retaliate against the attackers. One wing was commanded by Stephen Trigg, another by Daniel Boone . This turned out to be an ambush and Stephen Trigg was killed like many other men, including Boone's son. After the battle, his body was found quartered. Trigg County was named after him in memory of his role in creating Kentucky .
Early years and family life
Stephen Trigg was the son of William and Mary Trigg, whose family was known in the Virginia frontier. His father was a judge in the Registry and Court Justice of Bedford County . His four brothers William, John, Abram and Daniel also served as soldiers in the War of Independence. John and Abrams later represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives . Stephen Trigg married Mary Christian, the daughter of the Virginia pioneer Israel Christian. In the early years of his life he lived in southwest Virginia, where he owned an inn in Botetourt County .
Stephen and Mary Trigg had three sons and two daughters. Their daughter, also Mary, married General David Logan, who named their son Stephen Trigg Logan. He served in the Illinois General Assembly and was a partner of Abraham Lincoln in his Springfield, Illinois law firm .
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| SURNAME | Trigg, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pioneer and soldier of the state of Virginia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1744 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1782 |